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Full-Stack AI Engineer

On-site in Barcelona·Full-time·Added today (last checked 21 Oct)

Overview

Work mode
On-site, Barcelona
Contract
Permanent contract, full-time hours
Relocation
A relocation package
English
Required
Education
University degree

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Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

  • Solid TypeScript and Python skills, with experience shipping production web applications in React. We mean real software used by real people, beyond scripts or notebooks.

  • Hands-on experience with LLMs: prompt engineering, function calling, RAG, or fine-tuning.

  • Business sense. You understand how a company operates (stock, purchasing, orders, costs) and you design software around the real process behind it.

  • A critical, proactive mindset. You question requirements and propose better alternatives instead of agreeing to everything. You plan your own work and deliver on the deadlines you commit to.

  • Willingness to reside in or relocate to Barcelona.

Nice to have

  • Experience building agents or multi-step LLM pipelines with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or custom frameworks.

  • Experience with vector databases, embedding-based retrieval or evaluation frameworks for LLM output quality.

  • Experience building internal tools, ERPs or business software for inventory, purchasing or operations.

  • Background in developer tooling, internal platforms, or MLOps.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Being part of a fast-growing robotics and AI company with genuine ambition, where your career can accelerate alongside us.

  • The chance to own THEKER's internal AI tooling from the ground up, with direct visibility into the impact your work has on the entire engineering team.

  • A focused, talent-dense team where your work is visible and your decisions count.

  • An environment where new ideas are encouraged and your contributions shape both the product and the company.

  • 100% on-site work in Barcelona.

The role

We are looking for a Full-stack AI Engineer to build the internal software and AI tools that THEKER runs on. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on shipping. You'll build full applications end to end, from the data model to the interface people use every day, and you'll bring LLMs into them wherever they remove real friction.

You'll work with engineering and operations teams, and with the people who keep the business running. That means internal platforms like stock or purchasing modules, LLM integrations, internal agents, retrieval systems and whatever else removes bottlenecks. Before writing code, you'll understand the process behind it. If you're building a stock module, you know what stock means for a company that builds and deploys robots.

We don't want someone who says yes to everything. You'll question requirements, push back when something doesn't add up and come back with a better proposal. You'll own your deadlines and move projects forward without waiting to be asked. A good quarter in this role means our teams spend less time on repetitive work and more time on the problems only they can solve.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain internal applications end to end in TypeScript and React, from the data model to the interface.

  • Design LLM-powered pipelines for code generation assistance, documentation, data extraction and process automation.

  • Develop retrieval-augmented generation systems over THEKER's internal knowledge base.

  • Build evaluation frameworks to measure and improve the reliability of AI tool outputs.

  • Translate business processes into software. Understand how stock, purchasing or operations work before designing the tool that supports them.

  • Challenge requirements and propose better approaches when the brief doesn't solve the real problem.

  • Own your project timelines. Flag risks early and deliver what you commit to.

  • Identify high-leverage opportunities to apply software and AI across the company and scope them into concrete projects.

You'll thrive at THEKER if

  • You're excited by a fast-paced and ambitious environment. The opportunity ahead of us is enormous, and we're going all in to capture it.

  • You want responsibility early on, delivering at world-class standards for leading clients.

  • You enjoy experimenting, iterating quickly, and embracing change as part of the learning process.

  • You get energy from watching your tools get used every day, and from the feedback loop of building for a team you sit next to.

Hiring process

  1. Intro call with our Talent Team - 30 minutes.

  2. Technical challenge (take-home): a short, scoped AI tooling problem representative of the real work.

  3. Conversation with our technical team.

  4. Meet the rest of the team and founders and work together on a live challenge at our offices.

These steps can be completed in 7 days.

About Theker Robotics

Theker Robotics is a Madrid-based robotics company developing autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for industrial and logistics environments. The company designs, builds, and deploys robotic solutions that automate material handling and intralogistics tasks, serving clients across Europe. With a multidisciplinary team spanning mechanical, electronics, software, and AI engineering, Theker is positioned as a specialized player in the growing European robotics sector.

Operating from its headquarters in Madrid, Theker Robotics offers a dynamic, engineering-driven work environment where international professionals can contribute to cutting-edge robotics projects. The company actively hires for a wide range of technical roles—from deep learning and software engineering to mechanical design and field deployment—making it an attractive destination for engineers seeking hands-on experience in robotics. With a multicultural team and a focus on innovation, Theker provides opportunities for non-Spanish speakers, as evidenced by French-speaking GTM roles, and supports professional growth in a fast-paced startup-like setting.

Founded
2021
Employees
11–50
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
In Spain
Madrid
Website
theker.eu

Good to know if you are moving

  • Theker Robotics is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and is a Spanish-founded company.
  • The company hires for many English-friendly technical roles, including software, AI, and engineering positions, making it accessible to international talent.
  • Theker offers a broad range of engineering disciplines, from mechanical and electronics to deep learning and robotics integration, ideal for specialists in robotics.
  • The company has a French-speaking GTM role, indicating a European market focus and potential for multilingual professionals.
  • As a growing robotics firm, Theker provides opportunities to work on end-to-end product development and deployment in real-world industrial settings.

In their own words

About the company & team

At THEKER, we're taking on one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: redefining how physical work gets done in the world.

We are a robotics and AI company building intelligent, adaptable systems that solve problems traditional automation never could. We recently closed the largest robotics Series A in Europe's history, and we're looking for the top 0.01% of talent to take on that mission with us, and build the biggest company in the world.

By joining us, you will have the chance to do the most meaningful work of your life, setting a new standard for industrial automation and driving breakthroughs with global reach, while being surrounded by a focused, talent-dense team that shares this ambition and is here to win.

Additional information

We're committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome all applications regardless of background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or beliefs.

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